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单词 rookeries
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rookeries in British English

plural noun
rookery
 

rookery in British English

(ˈrʊkərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -eries
1. 
a group of nesting rooks
2. 
a clump of trees containing rooks' nests
3. 
a. 
a breeding ground or communal living area of certain other species of gregarious birds or mammals, esp penguins or seals
b. 
a colony of any such creatures
4.  archaic
an overcrowded slum tenement building or area of housing

Examples of 'rookeries' in a sentence
rookeries

Thus, the ravaging of the rookeries continued for decades, decimating the once-robust seabird colony.
2019 , 'When California Went to War Over Eggs', Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-california-went-war-over-eggs-180971960/
Rookeries were often found in elm trees when elms grew tall in farmland hedges.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is easily done because many of our best rookeries are alongside roads.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Up in their treetop rookeries, the old rooks are tidying up last year's nests and starting to repair them.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Its river valleys contain near-continuous roadside rookeries, many of which are vast, eccentric or downright absurd.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We can look out for it while commuting, for many rookeries are sited along roads or near railway lines.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
This mass relinquishment will re-expose spring's rookeries, which have been concealed these last few months, forgotten.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It begins with snowdrops and ends with blackbirds celebrating choral evensong, and the rookeries, in whirling dervish mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Spot leopard seals on ice floes, and vast rookeries of penguins and the odd albatross.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
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